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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is Isa (peace be upon him) alive or dead?

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Question:
This questioner asks: Is Isa (peace be upon him) alive or dead?

Answer:
Allah raised Him to Himself. He is alive and will descend at the end of time. He will not die until after he comes and rules by the Shari'ah of Islam. Then he will die. It is said he will be buried with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is said he will be buried in another place. And among the People of the Book, Allah the Exalted says regarding Isa:
And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his deathوَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ
[An-Nisa 4:159]
before his death. The pronoun refers to the Book, meaning that before he dies, he will believe in the Messiah; or it refers to Isa, meaning before the death of Isa (peace be upon him). Allah knows best. Yes. May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a chain of narration that indicates that Isa dies before his death, that he dies at the end of time (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل عيسى عليه السلام حي أم ميت؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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